The following is a history of Concord’s Robbins House. For more information see our Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) brochures and our website www.robbinshouse.org. The Robbins House, Inc.is both a nonprofit and an historic house inhabited by African descendants of slavery in Concord, Massachusetts, 1823-1870s. Our mission reveals early African American history of…
By Victor Curran Readers from all over the world come to Concord to visit the places where Alcott, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Emerson wrote books that defined American literature in the mid-1800s. How did such a concentration of talent end up in a quiet farming town of some 2,200 souls, a place with no seaport and…
It’s April in Concord!! April in Concord means nice weather, Patriot’s Day and school vacation. There are many ways to safely celebrate the season while attending to COVID protocols. All public buildings and restaurants have COVID plans on file with the Department of Health. April 19 is a special day in Concord when…
